During this half term, the children will explore the core text of 'Michael Recycle’ by Ellie Bethel. 

Here is what Michael says about himself "I'm Michael Recycle for all that I'm worth, I'm green, and I'm keen to save planet Earth! A small town somewhere near you is in desperate need of salvation, from drowning in rubbish at the hands of its lazy and wasteful inhabitants!"

As you can see, Michael has a mission to complete, and the children will be joining him. He will help the children to understand that recycling can be fun. He is a new superhero in a sustainable world, where almost everything can be recycled or reused.

The children will explore a new core text 'Look Up' by Nathan Bryon. They will make predictions and ask questions about the main character, Rocket. She is a hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, who is going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher and space-traveller.​ Throughout the theme, the children will learn all about the solar system. They will learn interesting facts about planets, stars and meteors. In addition, they will write a fact file about their chosen planet. 

Click on the link below to listen to the story:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYnvjvtIxM 

Information about plants and stars: 

www.funkidslive.com/learn/top-10-facts/top-10-facts-about-space/ 

In phonics, the children will consolidate phase 3 and phase 4 phonics knowledge to read longer words like ‘jumping’ and ‘helped’. In phase 3 phonics the phonics predominantly consist of diagraphs. A diagraph is the combination of 2 letters which makes one sound, for example ‘ar’ or ‘ur’. A trigraph consists of 3 letters which makes one sound such as ‘igh’ or ‘air’. In addition, the children will continue to link sounds to letters, naming and sounding out the letters of the alphabet. 

Useful websites

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

The children will continue to use their sharing and taking turns skills to share equipment and engage in conversations with adults and peers. This term, the focus will be friendships and relationships. The children will explore what make a good friend and how they could maintain the friendships they made. The key vocabulary this term is teamwork, collaboration, kindness, respect and sharing. 

In maths, the children will revisit the knowledge of sharing and grouping into equal and unequal groups.They will have the opportunity to expand on their mathematical skills of measuring when cooking and baking in the mud kitchen.

The children will pursue a range of activities to practice their addition and subtraction within numbers to 20. 

Useful websites

www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/ 

The children will use their previous knowledge of natural materials and their properties to make collages and 3D models. They will learn facts about an artist, Andy Goldsworthy and they will re-create their artwork. In addition, they will experiment with a range of media like soft pastels, oil pastels and watercolors to create their own pictures.

The children will continue to investigate and explore the natural world around them. They will care for plants and vegetable that they planted in Summer 1 term. In addition, they will learn the names of common trees and plants. 

The PE sessions will continue every Monday and Tuesday. All children must wear the PE kits to school and that consists of a white T-shirt and black shorts or jogging bottoms and black trainers or plimsolls. They will also need to wear a school jumper over the PE kit. 

The children will be engaged in activities aimed at promoting the development of the children’s gross motor skills, balance and coordination.